In Another World I Become a Healer With Purple Hair

229 Life after Javier

Empress Liberty sat on his sofa inside her bedchamber, King Ascend, King Leon, and King Edward joining her when the grief still engulfed inside the empress. When they were back, never that she thought, Prince Javier will be coming home inside a casket.

How she run into his dead body and wailed, even king Edward have a hard time calming her as the funeral procession began, she is a mother who lost her children, there was nothing that could console her, as her world crumbled when the casket goes under and land closing in.

The funeral procession was over, the two princes remained in their own bedchamber, and Empress Liberty just stared into the void. She rarely eats and couldn’t even function.

King Leon has enough. He stands up and looks at his wife. “Liberty, just eat something already. It’s been three days! You need to eat!” The Empress just stare at him and then close her eyes, ignoring him completely. “Oh, come on, Liberty!” Shouted King Lion, who got frustrated by her.

“Leon, just let her for now. She lost her son, let her do what she wants.” King Ascend, the wisest of the three, just trying to defuse the situation.

“Ascend, all of us here lost a son, and also, she needs to eat, for her strength, she is after all still the empress of this kingdom!” King Leon has enough, he huffed and then leave the bedchamber, stating that he will be in his study room and go straight to bed at his own bedchamber.

King Edward took a stand and asked the maid to bring fruits and porridge. “I’ll go talk to her, Ascend, leave this to me. You should get some rest now.” He asked Ascend to leave, so he could also have a talk with the empress, alone.

King Ascend looks at Empress Liberty, who ignores all of them for a while now, he took a sigh and smiles bitterly at King Edward, “I will leave her to you, please, get her to eat something.”

He looks at him go, and when the maid comes with porridge and fruits, he takes a small bowl and approached the empress.

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“Liberty, wake up. You need to eat something.” He shakes her body, knowing full well that she didn’t actually sleep.

“Leave me alone, Edward, I want to be alone and mourn my son!” She spoke to him but never bothered to turn around.

“You’re being reasonable, Liberty. Javier is my son as well!” Edward was in despair, he begin to cry but didn’t want the others to hear him wailing. He muffled the sound by closing his face with his hands. “Please, Liberty, just eat something. Javier doesn’t want you to be like this!”

Empress Liberty turn so fast to King Edward, she wailed and push him from the chair, “How dare you give a thought that Javier will hate me for this! No! He is my firstborn! I bear him for nine months, fed him, watched him grow, and even got married!” She went quiet for a while, and then grab into King Edward’s collar. “But now… Now, he was gone, Edward, our son! He was gone!” The brave and beautiful Empress of the kingdom now becomes a fragile little glass that could break in no time.

“After all these years, this is the first time I saw you as what you’re, Liberty, I thought you were going to be stronger, but instead you’re the one who fall so deep.” Muttered King Edward, his hand then pulling the Empress into his embrace, “I have my fair share of mourning before you, dearest wife. Now, let me be your pillar of support.” He heard her sobbing and took her time. They were in the same position for a while until she finally said that she was hungry.

They eat the cold porridge and fruits together, and this time, there were no tears involved.

“How’s your mother?”

Anne was asking Justice, who was sitting with her on the bench in front of the rooftop hut. He suddenly came in the middle of the night, demanding her to accompany him outside. Now, they were sitting and admiring the moon and the stars.

“My mother finally getting a little better. I think my father was finally able to pursue her to eat something.” He said to Anne, giving her a smile that was missing for a week. She nods her head, glad that everything went well. “When are you going back to work?” Asked Justice to her. Anne was granted two-week vacation time, she was able to rest and do some gardening, while doing some correspondence with Brom and Darla.

“Three days from now.” She answered his question and then got curious. “Why do you ask?”

“Our journey. We need to halt it for a while until everything is organized at the palace.” He took a sigh, feeling sorry for Anne, who is waiting to get some answers from the round table tribe. “I am sorry, Anne. I know how you’re so eager to go on this journey.”

She chuckles, and put her hands on his face, “Look it here, my handsome crown prince, I may lose some of the time to get into the answered to the very questions for my arrival in this world, but it doesn’t mean I can put my priority before any one of you.” She caressed his cheek while staring at his red eyes and flaming red hair, “I love you, Justice Hargreaves Valorian, and I will do anything to make you, Vale, Xavier, and Henry feel that I am worthy to be your partner.”

All the warm and fuzzy feeling came into justice, his genuine smile adorned his handsome face, he push her hand away, and instead pull her closer and he kissed her softly, she gasped while he whispered in her ear, “I love you too, River Anne, and I will forever love you, and no one else.”

They kiss like there’s no tomorrow, her lips being ravaged by his. He was hungry for her and just wanted to taste everything that she has. He stopped for a moment and, with a blushed face, said to her in his hoarse voice, “Anne, could we… I… I want you… right now.”

Anne knew what exactly Justice meant. He saw his desire from his look and from something that was so obvious on his body. But, before she could answer his desperate question, Brom appears in front of them. The two of them screamed, horrified by his sudden appearance. The man in question doesn’t even care and just shouted at our heroine.

“Anne, something happened. We need to talk.”